Commentary Series
Commentary Series
Luskin: Flood Gates
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Commentator Deborah Lee Luskin is a novelist, essayist, and educator who believes in the benefits of foreign travel – which is exactly what saved Brattleboro’s New England Youth Theater from Tropical Storm Irene’s nasty flood waters.Commentary Series
Luskin: Humanities Matter
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Author and commentator Deborah Luskin teaches writing and literature to non-traditional students throughout Vermont. And while she admires the quantitative measures that dominate the sciences, she was reminded recently of how important the humanities are – even though they defy measure.Commentary Series
Luskin: On Immunization
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Vermont has the second-to-last rate in the nation for childhood immunizations. Commentator Deborah Luskin thinks that Vermont parents who opt out of vaccinating their children put their children, themselves, and other Vermonters at risk for preventable disease.Commentary Series
Luskin: Voting Season
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Commentator Deborah Luskin lives in the Town of Newfane, where full participation in local government means attending and voting in separate meetings for the high school, the elementary school and the town.Commentary Series
Luskin: Blue Wax Days
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Commentator Deborah Luskin believes there are health benefits to cold and snow.Commentary Series
Luskin: An Uncertain Future
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As the new year gets underway, commentator and child of aging parents, Deborah Luskin, feels like she’s suddenly standing on a fault line between a familiar past and an uncertain future.Commentary Series
Luskin: Anniversaries and Identity
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Commentator Deborah Luskin lives in Newfane, which will turn 250 in the year 2024. She wonders if twelve years will be enough time to prepare a celebration equal to that of neighboring Guilford, one of the Vermont towns that turned 250 this year.Commentary Series
Luskin: Good Vibrations
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Humans have been inventing technologies for recording music ever since Edison. Commentator Deborah Luskin recently enjoyed technology that allows the broadcast of live opera – technology that overcomes time and distance – but not, as it turns out, Mother Nature.Commentary Series
